--- title: HB 950. Education; provide information regarding immunization requirements and exemptions from such requirements to parents and guardians; require schools and child care facilities collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb950 cite_as: HB 950, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb950 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb950.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb950/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72175 date: 2026-01-15 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb949.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb951.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb950.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 950 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-01-13 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Noelle Kahaian - Emory Dunahoo - Trey Kelley - Joseph Gullett - Charlice Byrd - Matthew Gambill text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB950/2025 upstream_id: 2073935 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - school immunizations - vaccine exemptions - child care regulations - education policy --- # HB 950. Education; provide information regarding immunization requirements and exemptions from such requirements to parents and guardians; require schools and child care facilities ## Text House Bill 950 By: Representatives Kahaian of the 81st, Dunahoo of the 31st, Kelley of the 16th, and Gullett of the 19th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend Code Section 20-2-771 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to immunization of students, so as to require schools and child care facilities to provide information regarding immunization requirements and exemptions from such requirements to parents and guardians; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. Code Section 20-2-771 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to immunization of students, is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows: "(i) Each school and facility shall provide the parents and guardians of each student information regarding each immunization required by the Department of Public Health in accordance with this Code section and exemptions from such requirements. The information regarding exemptions shall be provided in the same manner and format as the information regarding immunization requirements and shall include information on how parents and guardians may complete the affidavit provided for in subsection (e) of this Code section." SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2026, and shall apply beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. SECTION 3. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House bill would require schools and child care facilities to tell parents not just about required student immunizations, but also how to claim exemptions from those requirements, starting with the 2026-2027 school year. ### Plain-language summary Georgia law already requires most students to be immunized before attending school or child care, with certain exemptions available through an affidavit process. Under current law, schools are not specifically required to explain exemption options to parents in the same way they explain the immunization requirements themselves. This bill amends Georgia's student immunization law (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-771) to add a new subsection requiring every school and child care facility to give parents and guardians information about each required immunization and about exemptions from those requirements. The exemption information must be presented in the same manner and format as the immunization requirement information, and it must explain how parents can complete the exemption affidavit already allowed under the law. The change would take effect July 1, 2026, and apply starting with the 2026-2027 school year. ### What it does - Adds a new subsection to Georgia's student immunization law requiring schools and child care facilities to inform parents about required immunizations. - Requires those same schools and facilities to also inform parents about exemptions from immunization requirements. - Mandates that exemption information be given in the same manner and format as immunization requirement information, so it is not downplayed or omitted. - Requires the exemption information to explain how parents complete the existing exemption affidavit under subsection (e) of the law. - Sets the effective date as July 1, 2026, applying starting with the 2026-2027 school year. ### Who it affects Parents and guardians of children enrolled in Georgia public and private schools and child care facilities, the schools and facilities themselves, which must provide the new information, and the Department of Public Health, which sets the underlying immunization requirements referenced in the law. ### Why it matters Parents would receive clearer, more balanced information about both immunization requirements and their legal options to exempt their children, potentially making it easier for families to understand or use the exemption affidavit process already allowed under Georgia law. ### Key provisions - Section 1 adds subsection (i) to O.C.G.A. § 20-2-771, requiring schools and child care facilities to provide immunization requirement information to parents and guardians. - Section 1 also requires exemption information to be given in the same manner and format, including guidance on completing the exemption affidavit described in subsection (e). - Section 2 sets the effective date as July 1, 2026, applying beginning with the 2026-2027 school year. - Section 3 repeals any conflicting laws. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-01-13) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-01-15) - Sponsors: Noelle Kahaian, Emory Dunahoo, Trey Kelley, Joseph Gullett, Charlice Byrd, Matthew Gambill - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72175 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb950.md?full=1